[It really should be awkward. It ought to be, and under any other circumstances it definitely would be. Only, right now Rufus is thinking, adding this new information to his existing understanding of the resort's workings, sketching out a framework he can't quite make sense of yet, but instinctively knows system structures well enough to parse that it's there.]

...Why bother?

[Cause and effect. The resort assigns ranks, and doles out accolades or scorn accordingly. Game 52 already incentivizes engaging in sexual activity with a number of partners, seeking to fill out a deck. Why the additional bribe? What else, what other behavior, could they want to encourage?

He waves a hand at their surroundings, indicating the grandeur.]

They gave you all this on assignment. They choose your rank at registration. Why bother to pay you to have sex, when they already put everything at your fingertips, regardless.

[And actually...]

Why the carrot when there's already a stick? Those who don't engage have their suit darken until eventually they're driven to it. They have a system to incentivize sex. What benefit does it confer to pay, on top of it?

[Well. One billionaire's pocket change is a sector slum-dweller's windfall, isn't it?]

It's to motivate the low cards. The ones who need resources. So why them?